A qualitative analysis of an electronic health record (EHR) implementation in an academic ambulatory setting

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-284

  Yoon Flannery, Kahyun ^a   Zandieh, Stephanie O ^a,b   Kuperman, Gilad J ^a,b,c   Langsam, Daniel J ^a   Hyman, Daniel ^a,b   Kaushal, Rainu ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Electronic health records; Information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649102513     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v16i4.703     Document Type: Article

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